The impact of personality traits on scrum team effectiveness: Insights from Vietnamese software development companies

IF 4.3 2区计算机科学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Information and Software Technology Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI:10.1016/j.infsof.2025.107878

Duc Minh Truong, Lai Xu, Paul Ton de Vrieze

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Abstract

Context:

Scrum is the most popular methodology within Agile software development, but the internal dynamics of Scrum teams are not fully understood. As a new destination for software outsourcing, Vietnam widely uses the Scrum development method in its software development companies. This study investigates the impact of personality traits on Scrum team effectiveness in the Vietnamese software development industry.

Objectives:

This research aims to identify the effects of personality on Scrum team effectiveness. We developed a survey based on the HEXACO personality model and the Agile Team Effectiveness Model (ATEM). This includes gathering and analysing data on the personality traits and Scrum team effectiveness of software development professionals in Vietnam, covering various roles beyond developers.

Methods:

Our experimental study measures the personalities of team members based on the six HEXACO personality traits (extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness to experience, emotionality, and honesty-humility) and team effectiveness using ATEM’s three coordinating mechanisms (shared mental model, mutual trust, and communication). We used linear regression to verify the proposed hypotheses.

Results:

With a sample size of 181 participants, five out of six personality traits influenced two of ATEM’s coordinating mechanisms. Agreeableness and Conscientiousness positively impacted Shared Mental Models, while Extraversion and Emotionality affected Mutual Respect. Weaker relationships were found, but they lacked practical significance. The Honest-Humility trait did not influence effectiveness.

Conclusion:

Our study shows that personality has relatively small effects on Scrum Team Effectiveness. Agreeableness and Conscientiousness have the most significant positive effects on Shared Mental Models, while Extraversion positively affects Mutual Respect, and Emotionality has a negative impact on Mutual Respect. In summary, Scrum teams benefit from members with high scores in Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience, and low scores in Emotionality.

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个性特征对scrum团队效率的影响：来自越南软件开发公司的见解

背景：Scrum是敏捷软件开发中最流行的方法，但是Scrum团队的内部动态并没有被完全理解。作为软件外包的新目的地，越南在其软件开发公司中广泛使用Scrum开发方法。本研究调查了人格特质对越南软件开发行业Scrum团队有效性的影响。目的：本研究旨在确定个性对Scrum团队效率的影响。我们基于HEXACO人格模型和敏捷团队有效性模型（ATEM）开展了一项调查。这包括收集和分析越南软件开发专业人员的个性特征和Scrum团队效率的数据，涵盖开发人员以外的各种角色。方法：基于HEXACO人格特征（外向性、尽责性、亲和性、经验开放性、情绪性和诚实谦卑性）对团队成员的性格进行测量，并利用ATEM的三种协调机制（共享心理模型、相互信任和沟通）对团队有效性进行测量。我们使用线性回归来验证提出的假设。结果：在181名参与者的样本中，六种人格特质中的五种影响了ATEM的两种协调机制。宜人性和尽责性正向影响共享心智模式，外向性和情绪性正向影响相互尊重。虽然发现了较弱的关系，但它们缺乏实际意义。诚实-谦卑的特质不影响效率。结论：我们的研究表明，个性对Scrum团队效率的影响相对较小。亲和性和严谨性对共享心理模式的正向影响最为显著，外向性对相互尊重有正向影响，情绪性对相互尊重有负向影响。总而言之，Scrum团队受益于在外向性、宜人性、责任心、经验开放性方面得分高，而在情绪性方面得分低的成员。

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Information and Software Technology 工程技术-计算机：软件工程

CiteScore

9.10

自引率

7.70%

发文量

164

审稿时长

9.6 weeks

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